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Is a MacBook Pro 17" 2.6GHz 4GB OK to eidt on?
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A guy is selling a MacBook Pro 17" 2.6GHz 4GB RAM High-res for 1,500 new in the box with a three Apple Care warranty. Three things I like about it the warranty for one, it’s a full 17” wide screen and it comes with four gigs of RAM as well. Now the questions are is this a good buy or not and I really just need to know can I do small video editing jobs on it as well
(Because my other MacBook Pro 1.86 GHz would run hot so did Apple fix this and other problems as well)?
Thank you
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Administrator  Join Date: Apr 2001
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You should be fine. I have edited together DV stuff on my 2.0GHz Core Duo (NOT Core 2 Duo) MacBook Pro without any difficulty-nor with any excessive heat. And that was with 2GB of RAM...
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Glenn -----
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Thank you for your answer and your time. It's a lot of money and I just wanted to be sure that I did not run into the other problem I have with the other laptop. I do know it was their first generation so there will be problems.
Thank you
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There won't be "problems" just normal behavior for first gen's typical of Apple. Look yes it's going to get HOT. But I usually tell customers to by a fan pad anyways. Aside from that if you want to make sure it stays cooler, you can get SMC fancontrol from the web. Google it. It'll give you the ability to control the fans that cool the lappy.
And yes... thats a KILLER deal for a 17" Macbook pro w/ 4 gigs.
Uh. Wait. Just had to go back and read your posts again. If you're talking about your first laptop being a 1st gen.. ok.. but if you're talking about THIS lappy being 1st gen , that's incorrect. Your post isn't clear on that point.
But my point about the 17" MBP is that yes for $1500 w/ 4gb of RAM and an applecare on it... its a great deal.
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Backups are like guns and condoms. It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
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Price sounds too good to be true. Make sure it is an in person transaction.
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DO NOT BUY, it's a scam.
No one really sells a $3500 laptop for $1500.
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mduell,
I thought as much yet the laptop I am typing away I did off Craigslist and it did sound to good to be true yet I love the machine just can’t crunch large numbers as it gets so hot.
As for checking it out I am an old timer from the Marines and we sorta don’t like to get burned “Once a Marines always a Marines”. I will note that he has not set the time for meeting.
Thanks for the heads up that’s what its all about I have heard to many stories. I do hope it is true in a way cause I get a new laptop and my wife gets this and she won’t make it ‘Hot” as she just loves to type and, surf and her emails.
Thanks room.
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Strange. "Hot" seems to be the operative descriptor of a $1500 NIB MBP 17". . .
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I missed the "new in box" part when I read the OP. Yikes! As others have said, RUN AWAY!
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When I went back to the posting I read what he said yet he showed the laptop out of the box and setup. He has not emailed me back nor called since this morning so it sounds to good to be true so it probably is not.
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If for whatever reason you find yourself face to face with the laptop in question, if you want to see if it's stolen... tell him"I've got apple's number here and i'd like to call them and just make sure that it's not a stolen laptop. I can get the serial number right here from the System Info and if it's legit... we'll be on our way."
You being a Marine, you'll know what I'm talking about. Watch his hands and eyes. If he twitches or pulls out.... you know its stolen.
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Backups are like guns and condoms. It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
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Back about a year ago, I was selling my last Windows desktop on eBay (a homebuilt PC worth about $1500). I had mentioned in the eBay listing, I think, that I was selling it to help pay for a MBP.
I got an email from someone offering up a straight trade: a MBP for my PC. He said it was nearly new and sent along unboxing photos to show he had it. My BS meter was pegging yellow, so I did a Google search for "MacBook Pro unboxing" photos, and lo and behold, found the photos he sent me on a Mac news site (don't remember which).
After finding that, the BS meter pegged red and I didn't contact him anymore. I ended up selling the PC to someone in NJ and bought my MBP at the Apple Store in Charlotte (a 90 mile drive) a few weeks later.
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